There are characters we hate, from Amon Goth in Schindler's List To Cal Hockley from Titanic.And then there is Characters that annoy us so much that our dislike of them ruins the movie.including, but not limited to, Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace And Williams' death from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullTo this list we can add at least one of the only four main characters in Crumb HunterA home invasion thriller and black comedy with little credibility in its storytelling. It's the kind of movie about those whose actions rarely go beyond the realm of known human behavior.
Such issues would be easier to ignore if writer-director Chris Skochdopol, in his feature debut, hadn’t merely paid lip service to the social and political themes that bubble up in his blockbuster script. There’s an interesting middle-class desperation in the way John (John Spiridakos) and his wife Rose (Lauren Faris) make increasingly risky efforts to promote their eponymous invention to Shane (Rego Garay), a Latina author who fears that his wife Leah (Ella Rae Peck) will exploit his tragic upbringing to sell his upcoming memoir.
But Skochdopol proves to be an undisciplined storyteller, and these interesting ideas are buried under mountains of dialogue and plot twists. Targeting multiple targets and then shooting them violently and carelessly, Crumb Hunter It is a confusing and rambling attempt to approximate the result. Funny games Director Michael Haneke directed a new version of the film. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
Newlyweds are doomed to trouble.
If Skochdopol had a second chance to direct (and he should), he would have done better to direct someone else’s screenplay. In the film’s opening scene, as they pose for photos at their lavish wedding, newlyweds Shen and Leah seem so out of place that one might conclude that the marriage is a career opportunity, especially since they worked hard for five years to get his novel into bookstores. In fact, they never married. The chemistry between Garay and Beck is so slight that we can only assume it's intentional.This means that not only do we not know Shane and Leah, but we have never been given any opportunity to interact with them.
The only moment that comes close to a deeper exploration of the dynamics of their relationship comes during their honeymoon when Shane, increasingly suspicious about releasing a memoir that might embarrass his family, plays the tough guy who still asks Leah for help opening a bottle of champagne.
Most of the action takes place in the gorgeous honeymoon cabin lent to the couple by Leah's boss (the film features stunning outdoor locations in Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York). Cinematographer Adam Carbone makes the most of the limited space. Although the rotating camera he and Skotchdopole sometimes use Frantic editing overcompensates and can be confusing..
But the film is definitely thrown into confusion when an unexpected late-night knock on the door reveals the presence of John, the annoying, fast-talking waiter who drove all the way from the wedding to deliver the wedding cake himself, the victim of a wedding-day mistake. Along with his wife Rose, John becomes the film's wild card and the main driver of events.
Crazy, disgusting, evil, and unstoppable.
To his credit, Spiridakos does his best, fully committing himself to John's endless, nervous chatter. While he's flirting with himself in the cabin as if Willy Loman is in the middle of a mental breakdown in Westchester County and needs to use the bathroom. However, the character is ridiculous in the context of the film's otherwise realistic setting and Rose isn't much better, with Faris delivers the supposedly “more is more” performance that was asked of her.
All of this suggests that John is a kind of Beelzebub figure, luring the troubled couple with an elaborate display—complete with promotional food and colorful displays—of his game-changing invention: a cherry-red machine that sweeps crumbs off dining room tables. But John and Rose are nothing more than aggressive, hard-working con artists, and if the newlyweds don’t spend $50,000 to fund the crumb-collecting machine, Rose won’t hesitate to blackmail Shane with an incriminating wedding-day video.
Crumb Hunter This is the kind of movie where the heroes might have avoided the whole situation if they weren't in the movie. But Shane and Lea, being the smarter of the two, act according to the necessities of the genre, which means Lots of talk about calling 911 without actually calling it.Even if this thoughtless behavior is part of the fun of this kind of movie, Scotchdopol takes it to the extreme and tries to avoid it. high speed chase The pre-climax extends, then breaks, and credibility.
Where are the sympathetic characters?
It would be naive not to admit that. The Scotch Bull maintains a certain level of tension at all times.Which is impressive considering he gets so little help from the lackluster score. But such a well-thought-out twist also suggests that he has little interest in exploring the racial and class differences that would make the Latino Shane an unfortunate target for his wife and Spy’s career ambitions, and John a pathological struggler whose desire to share in the riches of American capitalism earns us little sympathy.
Instead, he is the most hated character in the film as No one deserves admiration and no one deserves attention for his fate. Although if one learns anything from Crumb HunterIt's when a lunatic wanders into your driveway for the thousandth time, for God's sake lock the front door. From the Music Box movies, Crumb Hunter It's now available on digital platforms like YouTube, Google Play, Apple TV, Fandango at Home and through Prime Video below:
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